The Tightrope Between Two Clouds

There’s a line stretched in the silence From where you stand to somewhere bright Threaded thin across the distance Held between the dark and light You step out slow, the world falls quiet Nothing underneath but air Every breath feels like a question Every step a whispered prayer Up ahead the sky is glowing Painted gold and perfect blue Every dream you’ve ever carried Feels like it is calling you But your eyes are fixed on distance On the place you’ve yet to be And the rope beneath your footsteps Starts to fade from what you see You’re walking a tightrope between two clouds Chasing a sky that won’t come down Every step gets harder now When you’re not where your feet are found The higher you climb, the less you feel The ground you’re standing on is real And all that you’re reaching for somehow Is waiting in the here and now Every wobble turns to panic Every doubt begins to shout All the noise inside your head Starts to drown the moment out You forget the simple balance Of just standing where you are You were never meant to conquer What was never meant that far Then the wind comes soft and steady Not to break you, just to say “You don’t have to reach forever Just be here… and find your way” And the rope returns beneath you Every step begins to slow And the sky that felt so distant Feels like somewhere you already know You were walking a tightrope between two clouds Chasing a sky that won’t come down But every step is lighter now When you stand where your feet are found The height is still there, the air is wide But something in you has realigned And all that you were reaching for somehow Was waiting in the here and now No more chasing what might be No more falling endlessly Just one step… then one somehow In the quiet of the now